Percentage of Adults Who Reported They Do Not Regularly Eat Breakfast

Subpopulation Unweighted Frequency Weighted Percentage Standard Error Lower 95% Confidence
Limit		 Upper 95% Confidence
Limit
TOTAL 624 27.1 0.6 25.9 28.3
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SEX . . . . .
Male 284 32.6 2.1 28.6 36.7
Female 340 21.8 1.1 19.6 24.0
AGE GROUP . . . . .
18-24 years 63 38.2 6.7 25.1 51.4
25-34 years 167 37.3 3.9 29.8 44.9
35-44 years 146 30.9 5.8 19.5 42.3
45-54 years 116 21.7 4.7 12.5 30.8
55-64 years 75 18.3 1.8 14.9 21.8
65+ years 51 14.8 0.8 13.2 16.3
ETHNICITY . . . . .
Hispanic 273 32.4 1.3 29.9 34.8
Non-Hispanic 351 26.8 0.7 25.4 28.1
RACE . . . . .
White Only 180 25.5 0.9 23.8 27.2
Black Only 215 38.1 3.1 32.1 44.1
Other Race Only 202 27.7 3.8 20.2 35.1
More than One Race 23 42.7 17.6 8.3 77.1
EDUCATION . . . . .
Less than High School 149 27.2 5.4 16.5 37.8
High School Graduate or G.E.D. 203 27.1 2.3 22.7 31.6
Some College 159 29.2 1.5 26.2 32.1
College Graduate 110 25.5 2.4 20.7 30.2
ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME . . . . .
Less than $15,000 89 26.3 8.0 10.6 41.9
$15,000 - $24,999 182 26.0 6.7 12.9 39.1
$25,000 - $34,999 104 19.2 2.4 14.4 23.9
$35,000 - $49,999 79 32.0 3.8 24.5 39.4
$50,000+ 112 31.7 5.9 20.2 43.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS . . . . .
Employed for Wages / Self-Employed 395 29.8 0.5 28.9 30.7
Out of Work 34 22.1 8.4 5.6 38.6
Homemaker / Student 92 29.1 4.2 20.9 37.2
Retired 56 10.4 1.0 8.5 12.3
Unable to Work 46 34.4 6.8 21.1 47.8
AVERAGE HOURS WORKED . . . . .
None 62 11.4 1.7 8.1 14.7
1-19 Hours 19 32.5 12.3 8.4 56.5
20-39 Hours 77 31.1 5.1 21.0 41.1
40 + Hours 307 30.2 0.9 28.5 31.9
MARITAL STATUS . . . . .
Married / Member of Unmarried Couple 359 31.4 2.4 26.6 36.1
Divorced / Separated 108 22.2 4.7 13.0 31.4
POPULATION DENSITY . . . . .
Frontier 21 28.8 6.8 15.4 42.1
Rural 29 29.7 6.4 17.1 42.2
Densely-settled Rural 92 24.2 5.1 14.2 34.2
Semi-urban 75 38.7 6.5 25.9 51.5
Urban 390 24.0 1.5 21.2 26.9
SELF-PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS . . . . .
Fair or Poor 159 34.8 2.6 29.6 39.9
Excellent to Good 464 25.3 1.0 23.4 27.3
DIABETES STATUS . . . . .
Has Diabetes 57 34.8 8.7 17.7 51.9
No Diabetes 565 26.6 0.8 25.1 28.1
HYPERTENSION STATUS . . . . .
Hypertension 162 23.4 1.4 20.7 26.2
No Hypertension 458 28.7 0.9 26.9 30.5
ASTHMA STATUS . . . . .
Current Asthma 48 12.3 3.0 6.4 18.1
No Current Asthma 573 28.6 0.6 27.4 29.9
MENTAL HEALTH INDICATOR . . . . .
14+ days mental health not good 58 24.0 6.1 12.1 35.9
<14 days mental health not good 560 27.5 0.8 25.9 29.2
WEIGHT CATEGORY . . . . .
Normal or Underweight (BMI <25) 153 21.5 1.6 18.4 24.5
Overweight (25 <= BMI < 30) 192 27.5 1.1 25.5 29.6
Obese (BMI >= 30) 199 35.4 1.2 33.1 37.8
RECOMMENDED LEVEL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY . . . . .
Meets Recommendation 209 24.0 2.0 20.0 27.9
Insufficient 258 29.5 1.6 26.3 32.6
No Activity 143 32.1 4.3 23.7 40.6

Numerator: Respondents who reported they usually eat
or drink something for breakfast sometimes, almost never, or never.
Denominator: All respondents, excluding unknowns and refusals.